World’s Foremost Experts

The world’s foremost experts in the fields of comparative religion, history of religion, religious studies and sociology agree that Scientology is a world religion. Because of their interest in major and emerging world religions, distinguished scholars have published numerous studies, opinions and papers testing Scientology against a list of world-religion norms by which they judge any religion. Although these experts and scholars proceed from their unique cultural background and method of analysis, they have all independently concluded that Scientology possesses the requisite elements and characteristics of a bona fide religion.

William Sims Bainbridge Associate Professor of Sociology Harvard University

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Declaration ofWilliam S. Bainbridge

James A. Beckford Professor of SociologyUniversity of Warwick, England